Faults:

The first thing that went wrong is the gas tank at 131000 km. Repair cost $100.

Next was the automatic seat belt at 131000km. Repair cost $40.

Next was synchro rings in the transmission. Not fixed yet, too much $. 132000km.

Timing belt at 133000km, $100.

Engine belt at 133001km, $35.

New exhaust at 133002km, $200.

And the latest thing to go wrong is the head lights. They turn off when you use the blinkers. At 152000km. Not fixed.

General Comments:

The car has been good till now and I'll fix it. I'm going to add a 20 psi turbo to it for $5000 Can. to rebuild the motor and custom fabricate the needed parts to attach the turbo to it.

p.s. $5000 CDN not US. It will give it 300 or so horsepower. If not fast enough, I'll go with 2 turbos.

Faults:

-Just recently, the transmission finally went out on it after a 7hour run in high temperatures trying to go up a very steep hill.

-Mostly a bit of rust damage due to high levels of salt used on Canadian roads. Rear doors on sedan model wouldn't open anymore.

-Alarm kept going off when the door was open.

-Replaced the usual parts, muffler (x2),radiator, generator, battery, tires, etc.

-Replaced front tie rods 3 times.

-Fan motor switches broken.

General Comments:

Zippy enough, except when heavily loaded down.

Easily pulled a small trailer.

Not much power when going up hills though, and especially not when the A/C is on.

Big drawback is lack of room. Fits 4 adults and one child (or dog). Not much cargo space, however, with the back seats folded down it can accommodate surprisingly large or long loads.

Faults:

Transmission went out. bad tiers. manifold went bad.

General Comments:

Good car for the money and you can fix pimp them out.

Faults:

The timing belt snapped at about 110,000.

The check coolant light comes on at random.

The A/C brought the condensation water inside the car and dripped it all over the floor on the passenger side.

General Comments:

This car is very reliable, pretty quick, and a little uncomfortable on long trips.

It's very good for maneuvering in tight spots. It's very nimble in city traffic and has good visibility.

However, there are some better choices for winter driving.

Faults:

None.

General Comments:

I have had the car from new and it has been the best car for the dollar yet and it keeps on running. We drive it kind of hard like a small race car...

We have had no problems, just tiny ones like the speakers blowing out, the seal in trunk leaking and the seat belts went at 200 thousand miles - what do you expect.

We have all original drive train, frontend parts, exhaust, etc. I wish Ford would take this car and do research, it is the best investment I ever made...